Arthur Ellis Awards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Arthur Ellis Awards are a group of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and mystery writing.

The awards are named for Arthur Ellis, the pseudonym of Canada's official hangman. The award statue itself is wooden model of a hanging man. The arms and legs move when the statue's string is pulled.

Contents

[edit] Best Novel

[edit] Best Short Story

[edit] Best First Novel

  • 1987 - Medora Sale, Murder on the Run
  • 1988 - Laurence Gough, The Goldfish Bowl
  • 1989 - John Brady, A Stone of the Heart
  • 1990 - John Lawrence Reynolds, The Man Who Murdered God
  • 1991 - Carsten Stroud, Sniper's Moon
  • 1992 - Paul Grescoe, Flesh Wound
  • 1993 - Sean Stewart, Passion Play
  • 1994 - Gavin Scott, Memory Trace
  • 1995 - Sparkle Hayter, What's A Girl Gotta Do?
  • 1996 - (tie) John Spencer Hill, The Last Castrato and D.H. Toole, Moonlit Days and Nights
  • 1997 - C. C. Benison, Death At Buckingham Palace
  • 1998 - Kathy Reichs, Déja Dead
  • 1999 - Liz Brady, Sudden Blow
  • 2000 - Andrew Pyper, Lost Girls
  • 2001 - Mark Zuehlke, Hands Like Clouds
  • 2002 - Jon Redfern, The Boy Must Die
  • 2003 - James W. Nichol, Midnight Cab
  • 2004 - Jan Rehner, Just Murder
  • 2005 - Jon Evans, Dark Places
  • 2006 - Louise Penny, Still Life
  • 2007 - Anne Emery, Sign of the Cross
  • 2008 - Liam Durcan, Garcia's Heart

[edit] Best True Crime Book

[edit] Best Juvenile Crime Book

  • 1994 - John Dowd, Abalone Summer
  • 1995 - James Heneghan, Torn Away
  • 1996 - Norah McClintock, Mistaken Identity
  • 1997 - Linda Bailey, How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
  • 1998 - Norah McClintock, The Body in the Basement
  • 1999 - Norah McClintock, Sins of the Father
  • 2000 - Linda Bailey, How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
  • 2001 - Tim Wynne-Jones, The Boy in the Burning House
  • 2002 - Norah McClintock, Scared to Death
  • 2003 - Norah McClintock, Break and Enter
  • 2004 - Graham McNamee, Acceleration
  • 2005 - Carrie Mac, The Beckoners
  • 2006 - Vicki Grant, Quid Pro Quo
  • 2007 - Sean Cullen, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates
  • 2008 - Shane Peacock, Eye of the Crow

[edit] Best French Crime Writing

  • 2000 - Lionel Noel, Louna
  • 2001 - Norbert Spehner, Le roman policier en Amérique française
  • 2002 - Anne-Michèle Lévesque, Fleur invitait au troisième
  • 2003 - Jacques Côté, Le rouge ideal
  • 2004 - Jean Lemieux, On finit toujours par payer
  • 2005 - Ann Lamontagne, Les douze pierres
  • 2006 - Gérard Galarneau, Motel Riviera
  • 2007 - Because of the low number of submissions to this category, unfortunately, there was no French award for 2007.
  • 2008 - Mario Bolduc, Tsiganes

[edit] Derrick Murdoch Award

This is a special achievement award for contributions to the genre of crime and mystery writing, awarded at the discretion of the president of the Crime Writers of Canada. When first presented in 1984, it was known as the Chairman's Award; it was later renamed in honour of its first recipient, Derrick Murdoch.

[edit] Best Genre Criticism/Reference

The award for Best Genre Criticism or Reference has only been presented twice.

  • 1991 - Donald A. Redmond, Sherlock Holmes Among the Pirates
  • 1992 - Wesley A. Wark, Spy Fiction, Spy Films and Real Intelligence

[edit] Best Play

The award for Best Play has only been presented once.

[edit] Best Unpublished First Crime Novel: the Unhanged Arthur

  • 2007 - Phyllis Smallman, Margarita Nights
  • 2008 - D.J. McIntosh, The Witch of Babylon

[edit] External links